To: Natio Octavarium | From: The Lane Hackers

[Natio Octavarium]

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Identification: The Taskmastership
Affiliation: Natio Octavarium

To: The Lane Hacker Professorship

Subject: RE: A return to form
Encryption: Beyond a reasonable doubt
Location: Everywhere

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Professors,

We find these terms to be agreeable. We would like to propose amending the fourth point for reciprocity; if Natio Octavarium's military research and development division begins production of any native military equipment, which is a likely course of events, the R&D teams involved will develop support for power distribution systems of Lane Hacker ships into that equipment.

Strong words are being drawn up to fulfill term number three. You will receive a read-only backdoor into the transmission sent to the Hellfire Legion when it is sent. Taskmaster Kane in particular has been looking forward to, quote, "telling them exactly what to shove where", and he would like to thank you for the opportunity.

In arms,
Taskmaster Rodney Miller
Taskmaster Escher
Taskmaster Harold Kane
Ministries of Relations and Intelligence, Natio Octavarium

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